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http://www.activestate.com/company/newsroom/press/2007_03_26_0

6th Sense Analytics and ActiveState Announce Partnership: 6th Sense
Analytics Automates Individual and Aggregated Metrics for Users of
Komodo IDE 4.0

Morrisville, NC and Vancouver, BC, March 26, 2007 â?? 6th Sense Analytics,
a pioneer in improving software development metrics, and ActiveState,
the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages, today
jointly announced a co-marketing and distribution partnership. Under the
terms of the agreement, ActiveState will distribute 6th Sense Analytics'
automated software development metrics solution from its Komodo
community website.

Komodo users will have immediate access to 6th Sense Analytics Personal
Edition, which provides visibility into individual work patterns and
productivity, and reveals specifically how a developer�s effort is
expended. It also allows developers to compare their work patterns to
the developer community at large. Komodo users will also have the option
of upgrading to 6th Sense Analytics Team Edition, which aggregates data
across distributed teams and provides a basis for more effectively
managing software development projects, whether they�re in-house or
outsourced, onshore or offshore.

"Komodo is one of the most popular developer tools for dynamic
languages," said Jake Sorofman, vice president of products and marketing
for 6th Sense Analytics. "6th Sense offers the Komodo community an
automated and unobtrusive way to gather metrics about their software
development activity, which will allow developers to self-assess and
improve their own work patterns. It also borrows from the spirit of open
source by bringing openness and transparency to distributed development
environments."

"We're constantly working with our community and partners to broaden the
value and usefulness of Komodo. The new Firefox-like extensibility,
which enables integration of 6th Sense Analytics' automated software
development metrics solution, is key to making that happen," said Matt
Herdon, director of product management for ActiveState. "We're excited
about the 6th Sense Analytics solution, as we see it as a compelling
value-added capability for programmers and the teams they work in. It's
cool what you can learn about your coding habits in a short space of
time. This partnership is about delivering powerful specialized
solutions to development shops using dynamic languages."

6th Sense Analytics Solution
6th Sense Analytics is a powerful and unique software-as-a-service
solution for achieving accurate and consistent visibility across
distributed software development projects. 6th Sense automatically and
unobtrusively collects activity-based data from developer tools and
delivers on-demand analytics to individuals and teams. This delivers
insight into the time spent on specific activities, and provides a basis
for understanding team effort, productivity and overall project
velocity; ensuring software development projects are on time, on budget
and on target with business goals. All of this allows software
development teams to improve their ability to deliver successful project
outcomes, critical to the overall success of a globally distributed
software development effort.

Komodo IDE 4.0 and Komodo Edit 4.0
Komodo IDE 4.0 is the first unified workspace for end-to-end development
of dynamic web applications. A rich feature set for client-side Ajax
languages such as CSS, HTML, JavaScript and XML, coupled with advanced
support for dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl,
enables developers to quickly and easily create robust web apps. Komodo
IDE 4.0 licenses are $295 US and a single license covers you across
Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Learn more at
http://www.activestate.com/komodo_ide.

Based on the award-winning Komodo IDE 4.0, Komodo Edit 4.0 is a free,
feature-rich editor for the full range of Komodo-supported dynamic
languages (Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl) and platforms (Linux, Mac
OS X, and Windows). Like Komodo IDE 4.0, Komodo Edit 4.0 also supports
client-side languages and Ajax technologies, including JavaScript, CSS,
HTML, and XML. Learn more at http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit.

About ActiveState
ActiveState is the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic
languages such as JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl. Millions
of developers rely on ActiveState's cross-platform professional
development tools, high-quality language distributions and enterprise
services. ActiveState is owned by its employees and Pender Financial
Group, a publicly traded investment company focused on technology and
healthcare sectors in British Columbia.

About 6th Sense Analytics
6th Sense Analytics, a pioneer in improving software development
metrics, gives developers and managers deep insight into their software
development process by delivering accurate metrics without interrupting
the software development lifecycle or changing the tools used. The
company uses an open and independent architecture that provides
visibility into the status of distributed software projects. Founded in
2004 by a team of experienced software development executives, 6th Sense
Analytics is a privately held company based near Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina.

For media and analyst inquiries and access to the ActiveState Media
Center, please contact
Erin Williams
Communication Manager, ActiveState
1.778.786.1105
erinw@[...].com

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